Closure for milk-jars and the like.



PATBNTED SEPT. 4,1906.

R. B; PBAR B. CLOSURE FOR MILKJARS AND THE LIKE;

APPLICATION FILED 1330.7. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FhlQE.

CLOSURE FOR MILK-JARS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1906.

Application filed December 7, 1904. Serial No. 235,862.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ROBERT E. PEARCE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erieand State of Pennsylva- 5 nia, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Closures for Milk-Jars and the Like, of which the following is aspecification. f This invention relates to closuresfor milkjars and thelike; and it consists in'certain 1p improvements in the constructionthereof, as

wi be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. e

The object of the invention is to provide a l I closure for milk-jarsand the like with a means by which it may be readily removed r from thejar and to so form this means as to permit of the closure beingreplacedin the ar after its removal. Chea ening the constrution of the closurealso orms one of the objects of the invention, as well as other details,which will appear from the specification and claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows: j

Figure 1 shows a plan view of'the cap or closure; 2, through the cap orclosure and a jar-to A marks the body of the closure; X, the flap whichis cut from the body of the clo- 0 sure, preferably having the narrowelon ated neck a. A retaining portion ais lei c, on which the flap maybe swung.

- The severing of the edges of theffiap ironithe body of the closure maybeaccomplished 5 by any well-known paper cuttin'g;;mechan-- ism. Afterthe severing of the flap I refer to sub'ect the closure and the fla anparticularly those portions of the c osure and flap ad acent to thesevered 40 sure. This ma be done by any suitable press. These 0 osuresare ordinariliy made of a fibrous material, and by thus su jectin Y theedges to pressure the edges are force edges, to presa central crosssection into intimate contact, which provides an oflicient seal alongthe edges of the I la p. At the same time the flap is left practicallyfree, so that it may be displaced by pressure of the finger, as clearlyshown in Fig. 2, for removing the cap.

formed with ilaps which have been partially severed from the hodyol' theclosure and also that closures have been formed which have had the flapsor parts of them covered with thin layers of paper, so as to be easilybroken. My construction is cheaper than most of these, and the flap canalso be readily brought back to its normal position, forming anei'ficient closure when it is desired to replace the cap in the jar orlike articles.

What I claim as new is- 1. In'a closure for milk-jars and the like, asheet having its outer periphery shaped to conform to the opening to beclosed; and the 'flap A formed in the body of the sheet, a

ortion of the flap being entirely severed om the sheet and the severededges of the flap and sheet arranged in intimate contact, the contactbeing that formed by pressure applied subsequent to the severing of the2, A closure for milk-jars comprising the sheet A having the flap Aformed in the bod thereofjsaid fiap being connected with the ody of theclosure by. an elongated neck forming a ge connection between the flapand the body of the closure, the balance closure. J In testimonywhereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing M.C. SULLIVAN.

am aware that closures have been i of the flap being in intimate contactwith the.

